My Hurricane Forecast for the Rest of 2007

Discover a bold forecast predicting four more Category 4 or 5 tropical cyclones globally this year. Read why it's deemed hazardous.

Written byChris Mooney
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So: I have just gone and done something really stupid in my latest "Storm Pundit" column--namely, made an eminently falsifiable (and almost certainly incorrect) prognostication. More specifically: I hazarded the very hazardous prediction that there will be four more Category 4 or 5 tropical cyclones globally in 2007. Go here to see my reasoning behind this only mildly informed guess. And get ready to make merciless fun of me if/when I turn out to be wrong....

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